Detox Month

Right now I am in the midst of one of the biggest detoxes I’ve ever undertaken.  And that’s saying something since I’ve done many different things over the years. Ten years ago, my husband and I followed “The Body Ecology Diet” for several months to clean our bodies from candida and parasites.  We didn’t have any major problems but Michael did have pretty bad seasonal and some pet allergies.  And some food ones, too.  All of that warranted a good internal cleansing and we did that together.  This was also our first attempt at making lacto-fermented saurkraut (as recommended by the book) which came out badly and we haven’t tried it again until this summer and we are lacto-fermenting veggies like crazy!  We had excellent results from doing this program which really is a good cleansing and very healthy way to live. Michael’s allergies were almost totally gone!

Along with that particular cleanse, we did some colonics as is also recommended in the book.  We really didn’t like the “closed circuit” colonics that we did so I’ve never gone back for them even though I am aware of how important it is to keep your colon clean.  There is a quote from the Royal Academy of Physicians of Great Britain that says, “90 percent of all disease and discomfort is directly or indirectly related to an unclean colon.” Now that is really saying something.  90 percent. That’s a lot.

Being on a raw vegan diet is very deeply cleansing in itself. I thought I was doing enough sufficient exercise to sweat out the toxins that were being dredged up by this cleansing diet but I guess not since I’ve been having weird rashes come out on my skin the past few months.  This is basically past prescription meds I’ve taken and heavy metals, solvents, etc that I’ve been exposed to over the years trying to make a quick exit through the largest elimination organ we have – the skin. It all gets stored away in the liver, one of our most important organs in the body that performs over 500 tasks everyday.  Most skin problems are related to liver congestion or stagnation and the body trying to rid itself from it.  I’ve known this and have done many liver flushes and herbal liver tonic blends over the years to try to keep mine in good working order.

A liver flush is generally a  concoction blended in the blender every morning and drank on an empty stomach for 10 days then a 3 day break then do it again.  Clearly this was not enough to get at the deep seated stuff for me.  I also have been having visions of colonics so I knew it was a message and that I needed to do them again but I just didn’t like the kind I did before and didn’t realize there was another way until I started to read about it in some of my books.

I investigated this other type of colonic that has been recommended by many health experts and this one is called the “gravity feed” method. It is the most gentle way and very effective at cleaning you out.  I found a practitioner in my area (that cured herself of liver cancer) and she is highly knowledgeable of many rather unpleasant facts and stories relating to sickness caused by toxed out people that she has treated over the years. I loved her right away and knew she was the person for me!

Stay Tuned for Part 2 of my Detox Month Saga!